Asya Abdullah

Asya Abdullah was the Co-Chairwoman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) of Syria since 2012 with Salih Muslim Muhammad.

Biography
Asya Abdullah joined the Democratic Union Party in 2003, and she appeared at numerous conferences to garner support for the idea of an autonomous state for Kurds in northern Syria, which became known as Rojava. As Co-Chairwoman of the PYD since 2012 with Salih Muslim Muhammad, Abdullah was influential in the decisions of the Rojava, which fought in the Syrian Civil War to keep its autonomy and to eradicate the Islamic State terrorist group.